Queens man sentenced to life in slay of girlfriend and her daughter for being 'witches'

Carlos Alberto Amarillo, 48, was sentenced Thursday for bludgeoning his girlfriend, Estrella Castaneda, 56, and her daughter, Lina Castaneda, 25, with a claw hammer inside their East Elmhurst house in January 2014. (Andrew Schwartz/For New York Daily News)

Carlos Alberto Amarillo, 48, was sentenced Thursday for bludgeoning his girlfriend, Estrella Castaneda, 56, and her daughter, Lina Castaneda, 25, with a claw hammer inside their East Elmhurst house in January 2014.

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When cops showed up at the 87th St. home near 24th Ave., shortly after midnight, they found Amarillo, carrying a Bible, screaming, "I killed them! I killed them!"

Lina Castaneda's 7-year-old daughter was unharmed in the vicious attack.

Amarillo's insanity plea did little to save him from the verdict of an almost two-week trial last month.

"This defendant will rightfully spend the rest of his natural life behind bars," said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown.